Improvement in pencil-cases



A. T. CROSS.

Pencil-Cases.

Patented July 1, 1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

' ALONZO T. CROSS, OF PROVTDENOE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN PENCIL-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 140,477, dated July 1,1873; application filed February 3, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO T. (Ross, of the city and county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and Im--proved Pencil-(Jase, of which the following is a specification,referring to the accompanying drawing making part of the same, in which-Figure l is a view of my improved pencilcase. Fig. 2 is a view of thesame converted into a watch-key. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal view of thecase. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are details of construction, moreparticularly described hereinafter.

Similar letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

My invention consists of a pencil-case in which a watch-key and thepencil are arranged on opposite ends of a separate piece, either ofwhich is inserted and held in the open end of a tubular sheath or casefor use, the same constitutin g a new article of manufacture.

The pencil F and the watch-key D are at opposite ends of the removablepiece E, which is of uniform diameter, and slides and fits snugly intothe end of the case G, either end foremost, the case forming a sheathfor the part not in use. The watch-key is prevented from turning in thecase G by means of a notch, t, cut into the friction-collar R, and astud-pin, e, on the pencil end which shuts into said notch, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. Thesaid friction-collar is inserted within the open endof the pencil-case, and serves to embrace, and, by friction with itsinner surface, to hold the removable part E in the end of the case whenitis placed there. The said collar is a short piece of brass tubingsplit at a on one side lengthwise, and with a-file-scarf, g, and thenotch t cut on the opposite side, as shown in *Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7. Thefile-scarf g is made to receive a small quantity of solder, by which thecollar is fastened to the inner surface of the pencil-case, on one side,and opposite to the split a, so that the collar will be free to expandand contract when the removable piece is inserted; said collar being asimple and inexpensive means for holding the pencil and watch-key firmlyin the end of the pencil-case.

I claim- 1. The improved pencil-case having a watchkey and the pencilarranged on opposite ends of a separate piece, which is inserted andheld for use in the open end of the sheath or case, substantially asshown and described.

2. The friction-collar R, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

, ALONZO T. CROSS.

\Vitnesses ISAAC A. BROWNELL, FRANK T. PEARCE.

